Sex, sensibility, and the gendered body
By: edited by Janet Holland and Lisa Adkins.
Contributors: Holland, Janet.; Adkins, Lisa, 1966-; British Sociological Association. Conference
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
Subjects: Sex role -- Congresses; Sex -- Congresses; Family -- Congresses
Description: The study of sexuality is moving from the margins to centre stage in sociology, as the 1994 British Sociological Association annual conference on 'Sexualities in Social Context' demonstrated. Drawn from that conference, the papers in this volume contribute to the lively and significant debates which have developed on the relationship between the sexual and the social, and between gender and sexuality.

The focus here is on women, although always in relation to men, and to the dominance of normative heterosexuality and gendered power relations. From different theoretical perspectives, and employing a range of analytical techniques on a fascinating variety of empirical data, the authors explore the themes of gendered identity, the construction of sexuality, embodiment and control.

The social contexts in which these themes are elaborated in this stimulating collection include the family, the law, the education system, medical practice and discourse, and cultural representations and texts.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Essays originally delivered as papers at the 1994 British Sociological Association (BSA) Annual Conference, on the theme of Sexualities in Social Context, held at the University of Central Lancashire, 28-31 March, 1994"--P. vii.